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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Watts Water Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $83 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-4 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 21.71. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
The historical data trend for Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.
Watts Water Technologies Annual Data | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trend | Dec14 | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | |||||||||||
Interest Coverage | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 14.28 | 14.36 | 41.10 | 46.26 | 43.46 |
Watts Water Technologies Quarterly Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mar19 | Jun19 | Sep19 | Dec19 | Mar20 | Jun20 | Sep20 | Dec20 | Mar21 | Jun21 | Sep21 | Dec21 | Mar22 | Jun22 | Sep22 | Dec22 | Mar23 | Jun23 | Sep23 | Dec23 | |
Interest Coverage | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 35.80 | 56.27 | 60.00 | 72.92 | 21.71 |
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage falls into.
Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:
If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income | / | Interest Expense |
Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then
The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. |
Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then
The company had no debt (1). |
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Watts Water Technologies's Interest Expense was $-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $356 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $298 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 ) | / | Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 ) |
= | -1 | * | 356.4 | / | -8.2 | |
= | 43.46 |
Watts Water Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Watts Water Technologies's Interest Expense was $-4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $83 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $298 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) | / | Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 ) |
= | -1 | * | 82.5 | / | -3.8 | |
= | 21.71 |
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.
Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) Interest Coverage Explanation
Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.
Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .
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Kenneth Robert Lepage | officer: General Counsel | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Shashank Patel | officer: Chief Financial Officer | 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573 |
Elie Melhem | officer: President, Asia | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Joseph T Noonan | director | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Timothy P Horne | director, 10 percent owner | WATTS INDUSTRIES INC, ROUTE 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Pagano Robert J Jr | officer: President and CEO | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Andre Dhawan | officer: Chief Operating Officer | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Monica Barry | officer: Chief HR Officer | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Munish Nanda | officer: President, Americas | 1133 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, C/O ITT CORPORATION, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604 |
Michael J. Dubose | director | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Louise K Goeser | director | C/O PPL CORPORATION, TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101 |
Todd A Trapp | officer: Chief Financial Officer | C/O WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
David A. Dunbar | director | 11 KEEWAYDIN DRIVE, SUITE 300, SALEM NH 03079 |
Jes Munk Hansen | director | 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
Jennifer Congdon | officer: Chief HR Officer | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 |
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